City of Philadelphia v. Rink

In the contest between Barr and the defendant in error, the court below decreed that at the election held on the third Tuesday of February, 1880, the latter received the highest number of votes, and was duly and legally elected a magistrate in and for said city of Philadelphia. That decree was affirmed in this court. Thereupon he was duly commissioned by the governor to be a magistrate of said city, and giving and granting unto him full right and title inter alia, “to receive and to enjoy all and singular the emoluments to a magistrate lawfully belonging or in any wise appertaining, by virtue…